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 SOCHI, Russia (AP) - A single road snakes past shabby houses and dismal small farms, marking the way from Sochi's seashore into the mountains. Soon, this same route will be transformed, with a gleaming high-tech train line and smooth, swift new roads to carry travelers to the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Seven years is a short timetable for such an ambitious project, but the International Olympic Committee believes Russia can do it, as well as build the gleaming ice arenas, giant sporting venues and everything else needed for the games.
Vladimir Putin, too, is confident. After all, the Russian president's determined pitch for Sochi included a pledge: "No traffic jams, I promise."
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